xattr Command Examples

Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/xattr.1.html.

• List key:value extended attributes for a given file:

xattr -l {{file}}

• Write an attribute for a given file:

xattr -w {{attribute_key}} {{attribute_value}} {{file}}

• Delete an attribute from a given file:

xattr -d {{com.apple.quarantine}} {{file}}

• Delete all extended attributes from a given file:

xattr -c {{file}}

• Recursively delete an attribute in a given directory:

xattr -rd {{attribute_key}} {{directory}}